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TARIN, Pierre. Ostéo-graphie ou description des os de l'adulte, du foetus, &c. Précédé d'une introduction à l'étude des parties solides du corps humain. , 1753.

Price: US$1113.72 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: [2]-XXXIV-24-56-126-[2] pp. ; À Paris, chez Briasson, 1753, in-4, [2]-XXXIV-24-56-126-[2] pp. ; 60 pl, Veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs et fleuronné, pièce de titre rouge, tranches marbrées, Édition originale de cet atlas du système squelettique du foetus et de l'adulte. La préface est suivie d'une Introduction à l'Étude du corps humain, en français. L'Ostéo-graphie proprement dite contient la description des planches, en français et en latin. L'ouvrage comporte en tout 60 planches finement gravées, la plupart dépliantes, en partie tirées d'Albinus. Les planches VI et VII du 2e discours de l'Introduction générale sont sur la même feuille, avec ajout manuscrit de "et VII" à la numérotation, comme suivant tous les exemplaires connus. Les planches XXVII et XXVIII sont sur la même feuille. On doit à Pierre Tarin (1725-1761), médecin et anatomiste français, quelques brillantes monographies d'anatomie générale, un Dictionnaire anatomique, la Myographie présentée ici, et une Ostéographie, toutes trois publiés en 1753. Il dirigea les parties de l'Encyclopédie touchant à l'Anatomie. La planche Ostéographia, Tab I, Squelette vu de devant, est lacunaire, avec perte importante de l'illustration ; la planche VI-VII du 2e discours est rognée un peu court en marge ; ancienne trace d'adhésif sur la pl. XXVII-XXVIII, quelques mouillures. Des feuillets et planches uniformément brunis. Bonne reliure, soigneusement restaurée. Blake p. 445. Choulant, p. 283. Heirs of Hippocrates n° 604. Wellcome V, p. 235.

Seller: Librairie Alain Brieux, paris, France

TARIN, PIERRE. Osteó-graphie; ou, description des os de l'adulte, du foetus, etc. Precedée d'une introduction a l'étude des parties solides du corps Humain. Paris: Briasson, 1753, 1753.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION. 4 to. Contemp. boards. (2), xxiv, 24, 56, (2), 126 pp. Sixty-one engraved plates on 60 folding sheets. Minor edge wear to the boards; a very good, crisp copy with the plates in strong impressions. The French anatomist, Pierre Tarin (1725-61), ".was responsible for the section on anatomy in the 'Encyclopédie' of Diderot and is eponymously remembered for the 'valves of Tarin'. This atlas of the skeletal system of the fetus and adult contains many excellent detailed folding plates. Several of these plates were taken from the anatomical atlases of Albinus. Following a lengthy introduction to the study of human anatomy in French, the remainder of the text is presented in Latin and French on opposite pages." (Heirs of Hippocrates 961). A series of nine plates treat the skull and its structures in considerable detail, and a number of long folding plates illustrate the full skeleton. Choulant, p.283. N.L.M. (18th C.), p.445. Blocker Coll., p.384. Not in Waller, Osler, Cushing, Orr, or Reynolds.

Seller: Antiquarian Scientist, The, Westhampton, MA, U.S.A.

Tarin, M. (Pierre).. MYO-GRAPHIE OU DESCRIPTION DES MUSCLES DU CORPS HUMAIN. [With plates by Albinus]. [Bound with: Tarin, M. (Pierre). DICTIONAIRE ANATOMIQUE ET PHYSIOLOGIQUE.]. Chez Briasson: Paris, 1753.

Price: US$2300.00 + shipping

Description: De L'Imprimerie de Joseph Bullot 1753. 29 full page plates, 10 x 8, later blind-tooled leather, edges are gilt-tooled, raised bands, gilt-ruled red spine label with gilt letltering, red speckled page edges, later floral- patterned endpapers, 171 + 1. Covers rubbed, scuffed/scraped, some shelfwear, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, wear to outer hinges along spine spine label, bookplates, bookplate removal marks on rear endpapers, pencil notes on reverse of the ffep, scattered foxing, light toning, plate X has a diagonal tear (approx 1.5") and not too noticeable as it goes across two of the figures, plate XI lacks lower right corner, some smudging from the printer’s ink else clean, tight and very good. The NUC lists 47 plates with the number of folding plates varying. This copy has 29 of 29 called-for plates, plate XIV is the only folding plate. The remaining plates appear to be complete and unaltered. Regarding the plates being done by Albinus, Ludwig Choulant in his "History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration" stated that Albinus supplied the plates for "Myo- Graphie" and another work of Tarin’s "Osteo-Graphie." Choulant wrote that Bernard Albinus was a pioneer in creating accurate representations of the human body. Albinus believed "To reproduce, not free hand (according to the view), as is customary, but from actual measure: to reproduce what the best in nature displays: to reproduce, not as demonstrators of anatomy generally do, by merely placing before the eyes of the artist what they have uncovered, but by collecting (data) from one body after another, and making a composite according to rule so that the actual will be displayed, etc. . . ." FIRST ED. BOUND WITH: Tarin, M. (Pierre). DICTIONAIRE ANATOMIQUE SUIVI D’UNE BIBLIOTHEQUE ANATOMIQUE ET PHYSIOLOGIQUE. Chez Briasson: Paris, 1753. Vignettes, (1), 102, (2), 107. Scattered foxing, light toning, mispagination (p 35 printed as 33), else clean, tight and very good. FIRST ED. Both books above were issued in separate volumes. Pierre Tarin, 1725-1761, was a French doctor, writer and translator who was most well known for his contribution to Diderot’s "Encyclopedia" In addition to "Myo-Graphie" and "Dictionaire Anatomique" Tarin also authored "Osteo-Graphie," "Adversaris Anatomica" and "Anthropotomie." Very scarce, especially since these two scarce works are bound together.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.